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inchful

noun

Etymology

From inch + -ful.

  1. derived from *óynos✻
  2. derived from uncia — “Roman inch, various similar units”
  3. inherited from ynċe
  4. inherited from ynche
  5. suffixed as inchful — “inch + ful”

Definitions

  1. A quantity that measures an inch.

    • Neither do they have to drink that inchful of sediment.
    • If I am not mistaken, this nobleman, with an inchful of titles in the Red Book, was found dead in a bedroom somewhere in a small street off the Waterloo Road.
    • "This wine is older than you are," he smiles, handing me an inchful in a large wineglass.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA